Whipt Cream, to put upon Cake

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Source
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (7)
  1. Sweeten a pint of cream to your taste.
  2. Grate in the peel of a lemon, and steep it some hours before you make use of your cream.
  3. Add the juice of two lemons.
  4. Whip it together.
  5. Take off the top into a large piece of fine muslin, or gauze, laid within a sieve.
  6. Let this be done the night before it is to be used.
  7. In summer it may be done in the morning of the same day; but the whipt cream must be drained from the curd before it is put upon the cake.
Original Text
Whipt Cream, to put upon Cake. Sweeten a pint of cream to your taste; grate in the peel of a lemon, and steep it some hours before you make use of your cream. Add the juice of two lemons; whip it together; and take off the top into a large piece of fine muslin, or gauze, laid within a sieve. Let this be done the night before it is to be used. In summer it may be done in the morning of the same day; but the whipt cream must be drained from the curd before it is put upon the cake.
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